COVID-19

The Duke of Sussex urges everyone to show "empathy and compassion for those we know, and those we don't."

In a viral video, the youth dressed in a PPE suit is seen on his feet with his hands folded and pleading with the police not to take away the cylinder.

Populations in many countries, meanwhile, are growing weary of virus measures.

Over the last week or more, he has been working the phones and his contacts to help friends, relatives and online acquaintances across India.

The president argues the economic damage of measures such as a national lockdown would cause more suffering than the virus itself.

The vaccine trial includes participants as young as six months old

Long-term Dubai resident Purushothaman Nair said he was prepared to "spend a fortune" to return to the UAE.

There have also been concerns over the safety of some vaccines -- especially AstraZeneca -- over links to rare blood clots and some countries have restricted its use.

Centner also claimed in the letter that "thousands" of women have reported their menstrual cycles have been affected by the vaccine.

Speculation is swirling on whether the administration will try to lay the blame for the pandemic chaos on former health minister Eduardo Pazuello.

Many countries are shutting their borders to travellers from India.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 3.1 million people worldwide out of at least 147 million infected.

The health ministry has recorded more than 15,000 deaths since the pandemic broke out last year, from a population of 40 million.

The European Union has said it wants to launch a vaccine passport for travellers, though plans have not yet been formalized.

Britain has been among the hardest hit in Europe by Covid-19, recording more than 127,000 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.

The European Union as a whole said it would have enough vaccines to immunise 70 percent of its adult population by the end of July.

Tokyo on Thursday recorded 861 new infections, figures not seen since a last state of emergency in January.

Indian health ministry data showed nearly 315,000 new infections in the past 24 hours -- the most any country has recorded in a day since the pandemic began.

There seemed to be little verification required to prevent someone from queuing twice.

Europe's Johnson & Johnson campaign was delayed after US health regulators said the shot should be paused over blood clot fears.

So far, about 9.2 million Canadians, or just over 24 percent of the population, have received at least one vaccine dose.

India on Monday opened its Covid-19 vaccination drive to all adults from May

India is the world's second most-infected nation with almost 14.8 million cases.

Canada has recorded more than 1.1 million cases since the start of the pandemic and about 23,600 deaths.

Over 2.9 million people have died of Covid-19 around the world since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019.

The pharmaceutical giant announced in February that it was testing a third dose of its vaccine to better combat the emerging variants.

Concerns over using the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines have dampened hopes that mass immunizations will lead to a swift exit from the global pandemic.

The comments come as Tokyo marks 100 days until the virus-postponed 2020 Olympics open on July 23.

They were also 73 percent more likely to require intensive care, and 2.5 times more likely to die due to the infection.

India -- which is experiencing a record surge in cases -- was given a boost as it authorized Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 drug.